Farther Than The Sun Chords & Tabs
Alter Bridge - "Farther Than The Sun"
From "Fortress"
Tuning - Bb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb, low to high
tabbed by jjhand
Intro - 0:08
|-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
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|-------------------------|-0--5--4--1b3------------|
Pre-Verse Riff
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|-0---0-1-0-0-1-0---|-0-1-0-0-1-0---5-4---|-0---0-1-0-0-1-0---|
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|-0-1-0-0-1-0--5-4PH~-|-0---0-1-0-0-1-0---|-0-1-0-0-1-0---5-4---|
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|-0---0-1-0-0-1-0---|-0--5--4--1b3-----|
Verse Riff 1 - with Palm Muting throughout
play 3x
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|-----5-3-2-3-2-----|-5-3-2-3-2---2-------|
|-0-0-----------0-0-|---------------4-3-1-|
"Drifting like a comet in the cold
I cannot feel at all"
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|-----5-3-2-3-2-----|------------------|
|-0-0-----------0-0-|-0--5--4--1b3-----|
Verse Riff 2
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|-------3h5p3-2-3-2-------|-3h5p3-2-3-2---7-6~|------3h5p3-2-3-2-------|
|-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-|-------------------|------------------0-0-0-|
"I fade to black and set out on my own
This is my resolve"
play 2x
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|-3h5p3-2-3-2---7-6~|------3h5p3-2-3-2-------|
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|-0--5--4--1b3------|
Chorus - Not all strums are indicated but listen to the song
|-2-------------|-2---------------|-0--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-3---------------|-2--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-0---------------|-2---------6--6-|-4--------------------|
|-2-------------|-0---------------|-0---------7--7-|-5--------------0-----|
|-0-------------|-----------------|-----------5--5-|-3-----1-1--0-1---3-1-|
"I have to find a place where I belong I do not like what I have become"
|-2-------------|-2---------------|-0--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-3---------------|-2--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|----------------------|
|-4-------------|-0---------------|-2---------6--6-|-4---4-4--------------|
|-2-------------|-0---------------|-0---------7--7-|-5---5-5--------------|
|-0-------------|-----------------|-----------5--5-|-3---3-3-----1b3---1--|
"No more compromise I will be gone Free to fly farther than the Sun ..."
Play Verse Again, but end Verse Riff 1 with:
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|-6-5-3-------6-5-3-------|
|-------4-3-1-------4-3-1-|
PM**********************
Lyrics:
"Something in the silence beckons me
And tells me every time
Only your defiance sets you free
And brings you back to life"
Play Chorus Again
Pre-Bridge - Played 3x with slow thick flanger effect
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alter_bridge/farther_than_the_sun_tab.html ]
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|-13p0-12p0-10p0-12p0-10p0-8p0-10p0-8p0-7p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-|
fourth bar:
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|-7TP\___\2TP-----------| Play natural harmonics in 16ths sliding down the string
All NH
Bridge - Repeat this during Solo 1 below
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|-10h12-12-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12-12-|-10h12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
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|-10h12-12-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12-12-|-10h12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
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|-10h12-12-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12-12-|-10h12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
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|-------------------------------------|---------9-10-12---------------------|
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|-10h12-12-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12-12-|-------------------------------------|
Solo 1 - Repeatedly pick while bending first note
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|-9TP_b11______|_b11TP---11r9--|-9-9flt---9p7---|-9---7---------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------9-|-------9~~~----|
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|----------------------|-----------------|-10-10h14p10-10------------------|
|-12/15-----12\10------|-7h12p7-/15~~~-0-|---------------14-10-7h10p7-7--7-|
|------14\11-----11\-0-|-----------------|-----------------------------10--|
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** other solo starts
|----------------------|-9PH~~----|
|-7--10p7--7-----------|----------|
|--------9---9b11___---|----------|
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Solo 2 - Starts in last 2 bars of Solo 1 (rhythm guitar track starts playing Preverse riff)
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|--------19-|----22b24~~~~--|(22b24~~~)-|------------22~~-|-(22~~)--0h7-10p7-12p-|
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|-----21----|---------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
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* all triplets
|---12--14--17--------17-------|-15-14-12-------------------------|
|-10--12--15-----17\15--15\14--|---------15-14-13-----------------|
|-------------16---------------|-----------------16-15-14---------|
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faster
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|----------------------------14-15------14-15|---------15p14-----0--17p14-------------|----
|-----------14-16-------14-16------14-16-----|--------------16p14--------16p14--------|----
|------14-16-------14-16---------------------|--------------------------------14\12---|----
|-14-17--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------12-|-14~
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Play Chorus Again similarly
Ending: Play Pre-Verse Riff
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| r Bend release
| br bend then release
| flt flutter - pull whammy bar and let it snap to make note sound choppy
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